Thursday 28th November 2024

Marshalltown Community College will host the third and final lecture of the Shear Colbert Symposium on Thursday, Apr. 14th.

The final speaker is Drake University Stem Librarian and Associate Professor Dan Chibnall.  His lecture is entitled “Plentiful Information, Accelerated: Human Minds & Technology in the 21st Century.”  The lecture is scheduled for 11 AM to Noon in Dejardin Hall on the Marshalltown Community College campus.

Professor Chibnall is as academic librarian specializing in embedded librarianship, information literacy skills, science communication, and helping students become better researchers.

The lecture series was organized by the late MCC history professor Dr. Tom Colbert in 1984 as a memorial to his predecessor, Professor George A. Shear.

For more information about the symposium, visit the symposium website at mcc.iavalley.edu/event/shear-colbert-symposium.